Hong Kong increases the amount of employment home allowances encouraged continuous emp

From April next year, the Hong Kong government will uniformly increase the amount of residents and children's allowances of the on -the -job family allowance plan.

According to the Hong Kong government website, Zeng Yutong, Director of the Division of the In -service Family and Student Submitted Affairs Office on Wednesday (November 29), said: "This helps further relieve the burden on the grassroots families and support them. At the same time,Encourage continuous full -time work and self -reliance to promote the labor market of these families.The maximum amount will increase from 4,200 yuan (Hong Kong dollars, the same below, about S $ 716) to 4,830 yuan.If the six -month application period for each application, the maximum amount of each application will increase from the current 25,200 yuan to 28,980 yuan.

2022 to 2023, more than 66,000 residents have successfully approved their vocational duties, involving about 220,000, including more than 86,000 children.